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<h1>Properties and Formatting dialog box: Selector </h1>
<p class=seealso>You can change the following properties for a selector 
 using the Selector options in the Properties and Formatting dialog box. 
 
<a HREF="Selectors.htm">Selectors</a> allow users, in 
<a HREF="Interactive_Mode.htm">Interactive 
 Mode</a>, to flip through the panels in a panel stack or display different 
 metrics or attribute, custom group, or consolidation elements in a Grid/Graph. 
 These are the options for the Selector section of the Properties and Formatting 
 dialog box: </p>
<p class=seealso><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Note:</B></span> The Selector 
 options are displayed only if a selector is selected in the document.</p>
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<li class=p-seealso><p class=seealso style="font-weight: bold;">Selector</p></li>
	<ul type="disc" class="whs1">
		
<li class=p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Action Type</B></span>: 
 Defines the type of selector. The types are described below: </p></li>
		<ul type="disc" class="whs1">
			
<li style="list-style: square;" type=square class=p><p><span 
 style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Select Element</B></span>: When the document is 
 displayed, the selector will display a list of the elements from the attribute, 
 custom group, or consolidation selected in the Source field (below). </p></li>
			
<li style="list-style: square;" type=square class=p><p><span 
 style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Select Metric</B></span>: When the document is 
 displayed, the selector will display a list of the metrics available in 
 the Grid/Graphs selected as the Target (below).</p></li>
		</ul>
	</ul>
</ul>
<p class="whs2"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Note</B></span>: 
 Metrics in text fields within the target are not listed. For example, 
 a panel stack is selected as a Target and contains a metric in a text 
 field. That metric is not displayed in the Select Metric list.</p>
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	<ul type="square" class="whs4">
		
<li class=p><p class="whs5"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Select 
 Panel</B></span>: When the document is displayed in Web, the selector will 
 display a list of the panels available in the panel stack selected as 
 the Target (below). </p></li>
	</ul>
</ol>
<p class="whs2"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Note</B></span>: 
 If the Action Type is set to Select Panel, the Checkboxes style is unavailable, 
 since you cannot display multiple panels simultaneously. </p>
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	<ul type="disc" class="whs1">
		
<li class=p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Source</B></span>: 
 Lists all of the attributes in all of the datasets in the document. The 
 selector displays the attribute, custom group, or consolidation elements 
 of the attribute selected as the Source. This field is available only 
 if Action Type (above) is set to Select Elements.</p></li>
		
<li class=p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Automatically update 
 when there is no data for the current selection: </B></span>Determines how 
 the target displays when no data exists. The selector that will update 
 the first selector must target the panel stack. For an example, see 
<a 
 href="Allowing_a_selector_to_be_updated_by_other_selectors.htm">Allowing 
 a selector to be updated by other selectors</a>.</p></li>
		
<li style="list-style: square;" type=square class=p><p class="whs5">To 
 display a message that no data is returned, clear the check box.</p></li>
		
<li style="list-style: square;" type=square class=p><p class="whs5"><span>To 
 display an item, select the check box.</span></p></li>
	</ul>
	
<li class=p><p class="whs6">Targets</p></li>
</ul>
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	<ul type="square" class="whs4">
		
<li style="list-style: disc;" type=disc class=p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Panel 
 Stack</B></span><span>: (Available only if </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Action 
 Type </B></span><span>is defined as </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Select 
 Panel</B></span><span>) Displays the target for the selector. To change the 
 target, select another panel stack from the drop-down list of all the 
 panel stacks in the document.</span></p></li>
		
<li style="list-style: disc;" type=disc class=p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Available 
 Targets</B></span>: Lists the Grid/Graphs and panel stacks on the document. 
 Select the targets and click &gt; to add them to the Selected Targets 
 list. The target of a selector is the object that changes its display 
 based on the user's input. The object type(s) listed depend on the selected 
 Action Type, as described below: </p></li>
		<ul type="square" class="whs4">
			
<li class=p><p>If the Action Type (above) is set to Select 
 Metric or Select Element, the available targets are all Grid/Graphs and 
 panel stacks. </p></li>
			
<li class=p><p>If the Action Type (above) is set to Select 
 Panel, the available targets are all panel stacks.</p></li>
		</ul>
		
<li style="list-style: disc;" type=disc class=p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Selected 
 Targets</B></span>: Lists the targets of the selector.</p></li>
	</ul>
</ul>
<p class="whs5"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Note: </B></span>If 
 targets are automatically maintained, the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Available 
 Targets </B></span>and <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Selected Targets&nbsp;</B></span>lists 
 are unavailable. All Grid/Graphs and panel stacks in the same document 
 section or panel as the selector are displayed in the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Selected 
 targets </B></span>list. You can disable automatic targets by clicking the 
 <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Manual Targets </B></span>button. If you 
 do, all selectors in the layout are no longer automatically maintained. 
 For more information about disabling automatic target maintenance, see 
 
<a href="Automatically_maintaining_targets_for_selectors.htm">Automatically 
 maintaining targets for selectors</a>.</p>
<ul type="disc" class="whs1">
	
<li style="list-style: disc;" type=disc class=p><p class="whs6">Advanced</p></li>
</ul>
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	<ul type="square" class="whs4">
		
<li style="list-style: disc;" type=disc class=p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Automatically 
 update when there is no data for the current selection: </B></span>Determines 
 how the target displays when no data exists. The selector that will update 
 the first selector must target the panel stack. For an example, see 
<a 
 href="Allowing_a_selector_to_be_updated_by_other_selectors.htm">Allowing 
 a selector to be updated by other selectors</a>.</p></li>
		
<li style="list-style: square;" type=square class=p><p class="whs5">To 
 display a message that no data is returned, clear the check box.</p></li>
		
<li style="list-style: square;" type=square class=p><p class="whs5"><span>To 
 display an item, select the check box.</span></p></li>
		
<li style="list-style: disc;" type=disc class=p><p><font style="font-weight: bold;">Apply 
 selections as a filter<span style="font-weight: normal;">: Determines 
 whether the selector filters or slices the data. </span></font>The selections 
 made in a filtering selector are used to filter the underlying dataset 
 before the metric values are aggregated at the level of the Grid/Graph 
 that is displayed in the document. The selections made in a slicing selectors 
 are used to determine which slices of data are combined and shown in the 
 Grid/Graph. For more details on the differences, including examples, see 
 
<a href="Applying_selections_as_filters_or_slices.htm">Applying selections 
 as filters or slices</a>. </p></li>
		
<li style="list-style: disc;" type=disc class=p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Show 
 option for Total</B></span>: Determines whether the selector shows the Total 
 option, which displays the total for all attributes, custom groups, consolidation 
 elements or metrics in the Target.</p></li>
		
<li style="list-style: disc;" type=disc class=p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Show 
 option for All</B></span>: Determines whether the selector shows the All option, 
 which displays all the attribute, custom group, or consolidation elements 
 or metrics in the Target. By default, this check box is selected. </p></li>
		<ul type="square" class="whs4">
			
<li class=p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Alias</B></span>: 
 Replaces the All option in the selector with the entered text. If no text 
 is entered, (All) is displayed. Available only if Show option for All 
 is selected.</p></li>
		</ul>
	</ul>
</ol>
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